Working with Winston : the unsung women behind Britain's greatest statesman / Cita Stelzer ; foreword by Randolph Churchill.
To maintain the pace at which he worked as a parliamentarian, cabinet minister, war leader, writer and painter, Churchill required a vast female staff of secretaries, typists and others. For these women Churchill was an intimidating boss; he was a man of prodigious energy, who imposed unusual and de...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Violet Pearman -- Grace Hamblin -- Kathleen Hill -- Patrick Kinna -- Jo Sturdee -- Marian Holmes -- Elizabeth Gilliatt -- Lettice Marston -- Cecily 'Chips' Gemmell -- Jane Portal -- Doreen Pugh -- Catherine Snelling -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Operation Desperate -- Appendix 2: The black mollies. | |
| 520 | |a To maintain the pace at which he worked as a parliamentarian, cabinet minister, war leader, writer and painter, Churchill required a vast female staff of secretaries, typists and others. For these women Churchill was an intimidating boss; he was a man of prodigious energy, who imposed unusual and demanding schedules on those around him, and who combined a callous-seeming disregard with sincere solicitude for their well-being. Churchill was no ordinary employer: he did not live by the clock on the office wall. He expected those who worked with and for him to live by that timetable. Despite these often unreasonable demands, Churchill inspired an enduring loyalty and affection amongst the women who worked for him. Drawing on the wealth of oral testimonies of Churchill's many secretaries held in the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, Cita Stelzer - author of Dinner with Churchill- brings to life the experiences of a legion of women whose stories have hitherto remained unpublished in journals and letters. In recapturing their memories of working for and with Churchill - of famous people met, of travels abroad, of taking dictation in non-air-conditioned aeroplanes, of working though whisky-fuelled nights - she paints an original and memorable biographical portrait of one of the twentieth century's iconic statesmen. | ||
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